NorthernComfort

Yes definately a somniferum of the paeony variety.

Some sort of relative of woodrose. HBWR variation perhaps?

Nice! Thank you much

What sort of plant is that?! Can't say I've ever seen one like it. Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

I thought iboga seed required scarification in order to germ?

Greetings. I picked up these cacti from a local garden center. Only the one was labeled and I'd like to verify that one and then ID the other two. Unknown #1 ...... This one looks familiar to me, but I'll be damned if I can recall even the specie name. Unknown #2 ...... I thought this one was an Ariocarpous when I saw it but now I'm not so sure.... And then there is this one. Label states Trichocereus grandifloris 'Hybrid'.......... What do you guys think?

The Gymnocalycium spp. has flowered. The flower is only open in the daytime and is a red/pinkish flower. Really beautiful! I'll post some pics up soon. Also has 4 other 'buds' forming....more flowers to come!

thanks guys! :D

You have his full name and address? Get his phone number (white pages online)....call him up and see what the problem is, threaten legal action. If you used a credit card and or paypal then you should be able to report the fraud to them and they will get the ball rolling with the legal action. Good luck! (all else fails, you could always recruit a Stateside member to find the guy ;) )

Yea, the Astrophytum lookin one has tiny little spines.

A little more info on Salvia sclarea: Part used: Herb Constituents: -Volatile oil, about 0.1%, consisting mainly of linalyl acetate, with linalool, B-pinene, B-myrcene, phellandrene....... -Diterpene alcohols manool and sclareol Medical Use: Antispasmodic, balsamic. Usually used in digestive disorders and for kidney diseases. The oil has been reported to be anticonvulsant in animals and to potentiate the effects of some hypnotics. The mucilage of the seeds as well as a decoction of the herb has been used in ophthalmic preparations. REF: page 78: Potter's Cyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations; R.C. Wren; 1998.

Wow! Great site.....thanks for pointing it out

Ya know what blows my mind? Obviously, Poppy is illegal in the states. All parts of it, save for the seeds. Yet, dry pods are sold by the boatload on the very open market?! So OK.....the pods come from somewhere, right? So large truckloads of explicitly illegal pods are being imported into the states with NO problems?! Also, live plants. I've seen them for sale at a couple big chain garden centers (altough I bet they die off once removed from their pot)........ Seen many a garden with them growing also....... Only ever read about maybe 2 people being busted (dry pods) and these people were already under scrutiny and caught with other illicit things (pills, dope, etc).........

Interesting that they use Canavalia...... Any idea what part of the plant is used? I've grown this vine in the past and could never get it to flower.......the leaves were smoked(tasty!) with little effects noticed. Think I still have some of the large buckeye-like seeds laying about........bay beans they are called, if I recall properly...

Fascinating! :D Think the seeds will be viable? I didnt even think caapi could self polinate....... (oops, just realized you had two seperate plants flower........ were they from cuttings or did you go from seed?)

Going to have to order this one.......... Looks great! :D It seems that I am always chasing entho plants from far off lands.....while I may just have a wealth of them in my own area...... Thanks for the heads up.

Well, was it a pup?

So, I just hooked up my brand new 175watt Metal Halide light system and hot damn does it look good! Guess I miss that bright HID glow....a throw back from the days of less than legal indoor cultivation perhaps? ;) Anyway........ So its starting to get cold over here in the northern United States. Last year at this time I tried to keep all my cacti under a myriad of flourescent lighting, which yielded pretty crappy and etoliated results. My hopes are that this 175 watter will be enough to keep the plants happy. The question is, just how happy should I keep them? As in, how many hours of light should they be on. Must they have a dormant period? Or can I keep em on a summer(ish) light schedule? I sort of had in mind starting some other cacti seedlings under this light also. Any suggestions? Experiences?

Really? So I could set them in a dark(ish) corner in my basement and just cut the watering to induce dormancy? Thanks for the info. I'm sure I can find other uses from the lighting

I am not opposed to let them go dormant, and they may due just that being that the lighting setup is in a basement. What temps and what light schedule should I be on?

My winter involves several feet of snow which sticks around for several months and temperatures that vary from -17 C up to 2 or 3 C on 'warm' days I don't think there are that many cacti that will tolerate that, eh? Mainly I have a couple big tricho's whom I place in a south facing window during winter. But recently my collection expanded to include a bunch of lophs, some periskopsis, and a tray of other misc tricho seedlings......... those are the guy's that will be under the light.

Some stunning work by Ron Mueck. edit: aww cant link the pics Thats gotta be some of the craziest sculpture work I've seen! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ronmueck/

I read the kid has a website and considers himself some sort of 'activist'. It was pretty much a planned thing and the person taping him was no accident. It was a retarded publicity stunt.

So a friend of mine was wondering about his grafted loph button. The button was grafted onto a small San Pedro at the end of last summer. During winter the button etoliated ALOT (looked like a finger coming from the center of the button ) So, come summer, he decides to cut the etoliated 'finger' off. OK, all well and good, it callused over fine an a couple pups started to form. Then, a couple more pups formed, and then a few more, and then more! There are now 15 pups on this little cacti. They are all about 4mm to 6mm in diameter. The thing is, they are starting to grow into each other. Should some of them be removed? Or will they be OK as one big cramped mass of little buttons? Thanks for any input.

I'm pretty sure I have ten or so seeds left. Only problem is they are well over 6 years old. Could not for the life of me get these things to sprout (six years ago), so they ended up on the shelf. If you guys think they are still viable, I have no problem giving them away.